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University economists’ outlook for the financial year ahead

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/university-economists-outlook-for-the-financial-year-ahead

7 Jul 2017:
Neuroscience a teaching tool for learning in a world of constant…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/neuroscience-a-teaching-tool-for-learning-in-a-world-of-constant-technological-change

13 Jul 2017: Advances in neuroscience are challenging the very foundations of the traditional education system, says Enterprize Tasmania chief executive Gary McDarby. In a keynote presentation to Education Transforms 2017 in Hobart yesterday, Dr McDarby said
Teaching by example

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/493-teaching-by-example

11 Dec 2017: There’s a determination in the eyes of Michelle Cooper when she’s asked about how her students at Launceston Church Grammar School (LCGS) approach learning. Michelle is just six months away from completing her Master of Education. She’s been
The top 5 sea creatures Australians should be worried about

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/468-the-top-5-sea-creatures-australians-should-be-worried-about

28 Nov 2017: One of the most amazing things about Australia is the unique conglomeration of plants and animals that call the country’s bushlands, deserts, and coastal waters home. But the flipside of having so many species that are found nowhere else on the
Why experts are predicting this species will change the future of food

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/473-why-experts-are-predicting-this-species-will-change-the-future-of-food

28 Nov 2017: As freakishly warm weather continues to wreak havoc on rainfall over the Pacific, the risk of major droughts and flooding has begun to surge around the world. But there’s another threat to our farmlands that’s a whole lot harder to see –
Why scientists are keeping tabs on life at Earth’s final frontier

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/469-why-scientists-are-keeping-tabs-on-life-at-earths-final-frontier

28 Nov 2017: “One of the things I love telling my students is no matter what David Attenborough says, Antarctica is not pristine. It’s been majorly messed with,” said Mark Hindell, Professor of marine science at the University of Tasmania in Australia.
Healthy funding boost for medical research projects

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6 Dec 2017: Tasmanian research into knee osteoarthritis, stroke and multiple sclerosis has received a major boost with the announcement of more than $2. 4 million in funds for projects at the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
Explainer: Why do whales strand themselves?

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4 Dec 2017: In June 2015, 337 dead whales were found in a fjord in Chilean Patagonia. It was quickly declared one of the largest whale stranding events known to science. Researchers suggested a recent explosion of toxic red algae could be behind the mysterious
This scientist is chasing the secrets of ancient crops

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/472-this-scientist-is-chasing-the-secrets-of-ancient-crops

28 Nov 2017: “We’ve created a kind of ‘kindergarten for plants’,” said Professor Sergey Shabala from the University of Tasmania, describing the current state of global agriculture. “We provide them with everything they need: nutrients, water,
Teaching school kids to talk health

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/477-teaching-school-kids-to-talk-health

29 Nov 2017: Health literacy, or the ability to find and use information to promote and maintain good health and well-being, is most often focussed on adults. However, research shows that we achieve most of our learning about how to be ‘healthy’ from our